A 57-year-old woman involved in a bitter divorce was in “good condition” today as she recovered from a bullet wound inflicted in a West Hollywood parking structure by her husband, who then killed himself, authorities said.

“She’s in good condition, and may be released sometime today or tomorrow,” Sgt. John Corina of the sheriff’s homicide bureau said this morning.

The woman’s name was not immediately released. Her husband was Eric Steven Lesin, 59, of North Hollywood, a coroner’s investigator said.

Lesin waited for his wife in an underground parking structure in the 9000 block of Phyllis Avenue Wednesday morning, said sheriff’s Lt. David Coleman. At some point during their encounter, Lesin shot the woman in the neck, then turned the gun on himself, he said.

Paramedics were sent to the location about 9 a.m. Wednesday. Lesin was declared dead at the scene while his wife was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in critical condition.

Coleman said the pair were going through a bitter divorce, and Corina added: “He felt that she was to blame for his troubles.”

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